FUGITIVE KILLER GEORGE WRIGHT CLAIMS NEW ID

THE FUGITIVE  killer busted after more than 40-years on the run is claiming that he should not be deported because he is a Portuguese citizen. U.S authorities are trying to deport George Wright, 68, to serve the remainder of his 15 to 30 year sentence for the 1969 murder of WW2 veteran and father of two William Patterson. It's thought he went on to hijack a plane and secure a $1 million ransom, one of the biggest at the time, for the 86 passengers on boards, before escaping to Algeria. Read more at our sister site COLD CASE USA.

KILLER HIJACKER GEORGE WRIGHT BUSTED

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A MURDERING hijacker, who killed a decorated World War Two veteran and escaped from jail, only to go on to hijack a plane, has been caught more than four decades on in Portugal. Former Black Liberation Army member George Wright, now 68, shot and killed William Paterson during a botched robbery in 1962. But after escaping from jail, in 1972, along with a motley band of hijackers, he got away to Algeria with over $1million ransom and evaded capture for 41-years.
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